goggin triple murder

Yakima County Prosecutors have decided they will not file a motion to close hearings to the media in the Kevin Harper case...the man who authorities originally charged in the Goggin murder case. prosecutors had said the new evidence could hurt Kevin Harper's right to a fair trial

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A trial date has been set in May for Tennance Buckingham. Police say Buckingham helped former triple murder suspect Kevin Harper get rid of evidence, and now he will face a jury for it.

Buckingham is charged with trafficking stolen property and rendering criminal assistance

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Yakima County Prosecutors and Sheriff's Detectives say they will continue to investigate the murders of Bill, Pauline and Betty Goggin in their West Valley home, but currently no one in charged in the crime reported in February 2011

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West Valley triple murder suspect Tracey Culton appeared in court on Thursday. The court decided a big jury pool will be needed to find an impartial panel.

Yakima County plans to send more than a thousand questionnaires to create a jury pool of 300

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Another delay Monday in the West Valley Triple murder case against Tracy Culton.

Her trial date was pushed back several months and is raising questions whether this could be a repeat of mishaps we saw in the Kevin Harper trial.

Culton was supposed to go on trial next month for in the deaths of Bill, Pauline and Bettye Goggin.

But,

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Despite a plea bargain agreement that allowed 30-year-old Kevin Harper to escape murder charges last month the investigation into the Goggin family murders continues. Yakima County Chief Deputy Stew Graham says investigators are now focusing on Tracy Culton, the only other suspect charged with murder in the case

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Last week was a stunning week for family and friends of the Goggin family, who were brutally murdered in their West Valley home last year. It was a stunning week after learning that a plea bargain meant murder charges were dropped against the main suspect

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In February of last year Bill, Pauline and Bettye Goggin were found beaten to death in their home in West Valley. Today, the man arrested and charged with their murders is no longer facing life in prison

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Kevin Harper's defense attorney made a surprising announcement, moments into a Tuesday status hearing for a special prosecutor's investigation.

"We have been extended an offer," said defense attorney P

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Kevin Harper entered a Yakima courtroom on day two of what's technically his trial. Though, so far there's no jury and we haven't heard opening statements.

The Goggin triple murder case was forced to start Monday in line with

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